Charlotte Potato Kit

Many gardeners are choosing our potato kits to save space on their plot or because they simply don't have the room for a potato bed. They're perfect for beginners too - everything you need is included (although we recommend mixing in some of our potato fertiliser when planting) and each kit contains 3 heavy duty, reusable growing sacks with a 40 litre capacity and 1.5kg of top quality seed potatoes.

Potato Charlotte (Second Early Seed Potato) AGM : This French-bred, highly popular potato is the salad variety of choice of many discerning chefs. The smooth skinned tubers have a light yellow flesh which has a wonderful flavour and delightfully waxy texture. A further advantage is its resistance to scab and blight making it a must for all potato lovers!

Potatoes are one of the most rewarding vegetables to grow. There’s the nurturing process of chitting, planting and earthing-up, the anticipation of a good harvest as you dig through the soil and, of course, the unbeatable taste of fresh, home-grown, potatoes.

All potatoes (except for maincrops) will benefit from ‘chitting’ prior to planting out. The chitting process encourages the seed to sprout, which then when planted, helps them to establish more readily, leading to bigger crops. Simply place them, blunt end up, in an old egg box until the shoots are approximately 1½ to 2½cm (½ to 1in).